News About St Germaine

Chris Waller-trained gelding Firebolt is the early favourite to take out Saturday’s Listed $100,000 2012 Tattersall’s Racing Club Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm. Currently paying $2.50 at , the six-year-old has been impressive without winning this year, placing in the Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill before producing consecutive seconds to Solzhentisyn at the Brisbane Carnival….

Eleven horses have been named in the final field to contest the $100,000 Listed 2012 Tattersall’s Racing Club Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm this Saturday. Many of the runners have featured among the places at the Brisbane Winter Carnival and it provides a final chance to claim top honours for much of the field. Chris…

In-form Robert Heathcote-trained gelding Solzhenitsyn heads a 12-horse field for Saturday’s Listed $80,000 2012 Strawberry Road Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm. The St Petersburg five-year-old had drawn barrier nine for what will be an attempt at a third consecutive victory. Michael Rodd will again be in the saddle after piloting him to an impressive one-length…

Robert Heathcote-trained gelding Solzhenitsyn headlines a 16-horse nominations list for this weekend’s 2012 Strawberry Road Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm. The St Petersburg five-year-old has recorded dominant victories in his two starts to date at the Brisbane Winter Carnival including tasting Group level success for the first time. He began his campaign with a dominant…

In-form Robert Heathcote-trained gelding Solzhenitsyn headlines the nominations for Saturday’s Listed $80,000 2012 Spear Chief Handicap (1500m) at Eagle Farm. The talented five-year-old will be chasing a third consecutive victory after impressing in two starts so far in the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. A son of St Petersburg, Solzhenitsyn began his winter carnival in stunning…

A strong line-up of 11 quality gallopers will face off in the 2012 Lord Mayor’s Cup field at Doomben Racecourse this Saturday including five New Zealand bred horses. Due to jump at 1:20pm as Doomben Race 3 on Saturday the $115,000 Carlton Mid Lord Mayor’s Cup (1600m) is shaping up as an intriguing showdown between…

This Saturday on Doomben Cup Day Sydney’s Joe Pride will be hoping to see a return to form from his smart mare Miss Keepsake who races in the BTC Lord Mayor’s Cup 2012. The Keeper five-year-old, formerly prepared in New Zealand by Andrew Scott and raced as My Keepsake, joined Pride’s Warwick Farm operation early…

One of the seven Group race highlights on Saturday’s Doomben Cup Day program will be the 2012 BTC Lord Mayor’s Cup which has drawn a diminutive but classy list of 11 gallopers at nomination stage. Racing Queensland extended nominations for the $115,000 Group 3 Carlton Mid Lord Mayor’s Cup (1600m) until 9am this morning but…

Peter Snowden-trained mare Parables headlines a 22-horse list of nominations for the Group 3 $150,000 2012 Glenlogan Park Stakes (1350m) at Doomben Racecourse this Saturday. The daughter of Lohnro is a two-time Group level winner but has not experienced victory since March 2011 when she won the Group 2 Surround Stakes. Her form this year…

Warwick Farm trainer Guy Walter will take a chance with his in-form five-year-old Willy Jimmy this weekend, backing the last-start Eagle Farm winner up for a shot at back-to-back Brisbane black-types in the Tattersall’s Mile. One of eight quality features on Saturday’s Eagle Farm race programme, this year’s $100,000 Listed Tattersall’s Mile (1600m) is shaping…